The following words used in context of the Service Contract are defined as follows:

"Provider": SOHO Technology Solutions Pty Ltd

"Client": The person or entity who is applying for services

The Provider agrees to provide, and Client agrees to receive, access to the services according to the following terms and conditions:

Client will use the services in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws of the State of Qld, the Australian Federal Government, and the laws of your locale.

Provider reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deactivate the Client's account(s) upon an indication of credit problems including delinquent payments.

THE PROVIDER SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS, AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE PROVIDER GIVES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS NO WARRANTY EXPRESSLY INCLUDES ANY REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOSSES OF INCOME DUE TO DISRUPTION OF SERVICE BY PROVIDER OR ITS PROVIDERS BEYOND THE FEES PAID BY CLIENT TO PROVIDER FOR SERVICES.

Client understands that domain name registration relies on a third party domain registration authority that Provider has no control over. Furthermore, Provider is not liable to client for damages caused by domain name deactivation by a third party registration authority for any reason.

Provider is not responsible for any damages arising from Client's use of Provider or by Client's inability to use the services for any reason. Client understands and acknowledges the need to maintain adequate business insurance to insure itself against any business losses and unexpected expenses resulting from use of the service.

While Provider shall make every reasonable effort to protect and backup data for Client on a regular basis, Provider is not responsible for Client's files residing on Provider. Client is solely responsible for independent backup of data stored on Provider.

CLIENT HEREBY AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION ON PROVIDER THROUGH CLIENT'S ACCOUNT(S) WILL NOT VIOLATE OR INFRINGE ANY COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, PATENT, STATUTORY, COMMON LAW OR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF OTHERS, OR CONTAIN ANYTHING LIBELOUS OR HARMFUL. ANY POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY MAY BE DEACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING BY THE PROVIDER. CLIENT HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE PROVIDER FOR ANY CLAIM RESULTING FROM THE SUBMISSION OF ILLEGAL MATERIALS.

CLIENT HEREBY AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION ON PROVIDER THROUGH CLIENT'S ACCOUNT(S) WILL NOT CONTAIN ANYTHING SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PORNOGRAPHY, OBSCENITY, VIOLATIONS OF PRIVACY, COMPUTER VIRUSES, AND ANY HARASSING AND OR HARMFUL MATERIALS OR USES, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ABUSIVE AND UNETHICAL USES OF THE SERVICE(S). CLIENT HEREBY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE PROVIDER FROM ANY CLAIM RESULTING FROM YOUR PUBLICATION OF MATERIALS OR YOUR USE OF THOSE MATERIALS. PROVIDER MAY OR MAY NOT GIVE NOTICE BEFORE DEACTIVATING THE USE OF AN ACCOUNT(S) WHICH THE PROVIDER DECIDES IS AN ABUSIVE OR UNETHICAL USE OF THE SERVICE(S), OR DEEMED A VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES DOMAIN POINTERS.

Due to the public nature of the Internet, all information should be considered publicly accessible, and important or private information should be treated carefully. Provider is not liable for protection or privacy of electronic mail or other information transferred through the Internet or any other network provider or its customers may utilize.

Use of distribution lists via unsolicited electronic mail or other mass electronic mailings or cross-posting to unrelated newsgroups is strictly prohibited. The Provider reserves the right to deactivate the Client's account(s) upon an indication of such activity. Client hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the provider from any claim resulting from the Client's or another party's use of electronic mail service(s) on the Client's account(s) or news groups.

Use of account(s) to provide free email services is strictly forbidden as it is a security hole and liability.

Only the account holder or its legal assignee is authorized to make changes to the account.

In the event it is necessary to refer any dispute to an legal or resolve it in a court of law, the prevailing party will be entitled to an award of reasonable legal's fees and all costs associated with any legal action, whether or not a suit shall actually be filed.

Provider maintains control and any ownership of any and all IP numbers and addresses that may be assigned to Client and reserves in its sole discretion the right to change or remove any and all IP numbers and addresses.

Provider reserves the right to disable any user account or site for anything deemed to be suspicious activities at the Provider's sole discretion. This includes, but is not limited to, anything that gives indication of hacking, spoofing, cracking, phreaking, denial of service attacks, running rogue services on Client's account on Provider's systems, or anything that might attract or precede such activities. Rogue services, as defined here, means any service that is not included as a feature on Provider's advertised list of account features at the time. This includes, but is not limited to, IRC bots, IRC clients, IRC daemons, ICQ clients, ICQ servers, Socks proxies, or any other service running on a TCP/IP port that Provider did not give explicit written authorization for use. Client hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the provider from any claim resulting from account deactivation or disablement as a result of suspicious activities.

Provider reserves the right to monitor any and all activity, traffic, or content that Client may produce, publish, or cause. Provider also reserves the right to turn any logs, monitoring data, or Client material over to the proper authorities in the event legal or criminal action is to be taken by Provider or authorities.

Provider reserves the right to partially or wholly disable Client's account(s) upon indication of activities that noticeably affect the quality of service for other Clients. This includes, but is not limited to, excessive processor time usage, excessive RAM usage, excessive open file handles, or anything else that causes noticeable slowdown of services or causes system crashes. Client hereby agrees to hold Provider harmless from any claim resulting from such actions that Provider deems necessary, at its sole discretion, to restore a reasonable level of service.

Client hereby agrees that account termination resulting from any breach of these terms of service will result in the nullification of any right to a refund of any kind. Furthermore, client acknowledges that they will be liable for any charges resulting from any server repairs required as a result of their violation of these terms of service. The rate will be $330.00 AU per hour plus the cost of any parts and shipping charges. Provider reserves the right to pursue in a court of law financial compensation for other damages resulting from the violation of these terms of service.

Provider reserves the right to change this contract by posting a publicly available copy at this location without specific notice to Client. Client hereby agrees to ratify any such changes and hold Provider harmless from any claim resulting from such changes. Client hereby acknowledges responsibility to inform itself of any changes to this contract whether informed by Provider of changes or not.

CHOICE OF LAW: This Agreement shall be construed and controlled by the laws of the State of Queensland, Australia. Any dispute arising from this Agreement, including, without limitation, a breach of this Agreement, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Queensland, Australia. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in Queensland, Australia.

1) What are the costs and when do they start?

Setup of your account begins upon receipt of the first hosting period's service fee. Orders received before 3:00 pm AEST time are usually setup the same business day. Orders received after 3:00 pm AEST time or orders received on non business days are setup the following business day. Your billing cycle will be based on the date we provide you with login information. All of your future hosting fees will be based on that date.
Prices are subject to change without notice, but are guaranteed through your paid billing period.

2) How can I pay for my account?

Credit, Debit Card payments are paid through WorldPay FuturePay. Credit Card or Debit Card payments will be automatically debited as your account falls due by WorldPay.

All invoices are emailed at the beginning of the payment period. Invoices are sent via email.

Payments are due in our offices no later than their due date regardless of when the invoice is sent to you. When using Debit Cards, SOHO Technology Solutions Pty Ltd will not be responsible for any service charges incurred by your bank for billing errors made by us. Typical Credit Card charges can be easily reversed without any fees incurred by you the customer.

In the case of using a debit card, billing errors can lead to bank service fees for overdrawn accounts, etc. SOHO Technology Solutions Pty Ltd cannot assume this risk when you choose to use this form of payment as the normal system available to make returns or correct billing errors is not available with debit cards, without potentially overdrawing your account.

3) How can I upgrade/downgrade my account?

There are usually NO additional setup fees for upgrading your account, except where the setup fee of the account you are upgrading from is less than the setup fee of the account you are upgrading to. If the account setup fee of the account you are upgrading from is less than the account setup fee you are upgrading to, you will be liable to pay the difference between the two setup fees. There are no refunds of setup fees if downgrading to an account with a lesser setup fee.

4) If I cancel my account do I get a refund and what is the cancellation procedure?

A. The name on the account with us (i.e. John Doe).
B. The domain name you are canceling.
C. Your reason for canceling.

Cancellations are processed the same day we receive them. Please note that we do not give refunds for accounts that are paid for in advance, unless cancelled within the first 30 days under the terms of our 30 day money back guarantee policy.

If you would like to submit the cancellation request early to take effect at a later date (for example, to take effect at the end of your paid term), please note this in your cancellation request. Otherwise all cancellation requests will be processed the same day we receive them.

If the service is canceled within the first 30 days because we have not exceeded your expectations, the entirety of fees paid will be refunded, less a 10% administration fee. The 30 days is counted with day 1 being the first day the account was made available to the client.

Our guarantee is to assure that we will exceed your expectations on the product we offer or your money back.

The money back guarantee is however NOT available to protect you in case of violations of our terms of service, NOT understanding our terms of service or billing policies, expecting something that our literature clearly does NOT indicate is available (i.e., wanting outgoing email service when the account offers none), incompatibility of third party software, business hardships, business changes or simply changing your mind because you found a "better deal."

5) What will happen if my payment is late for any invoice? (IMPORTANT)

Payment for all regular monthly invoices are due in our offices on the date shown on your bill. If payments are not received in our offices by the due date, a $5.50 late fee will AUTOMATICALLY be assessed to your account. If payments are not received in our offices within 15 days of the due date of your account, we reserve the right to deactivate your account. There is a $27.50 reactivation fee, in addition to the $5.50 late fee. If you choose not to reactivate your account you are still responsible for the days of service you received and any outstanding balance on account including the late fees.

If payment is not received within 21 days of the due date of your account, we reserve the right to delete your account from our servers. We will not be held responsible for any loss of data or intellectual property if this occurs.

Not paying your bill will not constitute a cancellation and you will be liable for any service fees incurred. For information on how to cancel, please see item #4 directly above. Accounts not paid in full at the time of cancellation will be sent to a collection agency.

There is a $38.50 fee for all cheques returned for insufficient funds (ISF).
If the customer defaults, the customer agrees to pay SOHO Technology Solutions Pty Ltd its reasonable expenses, including legal and collection agency fees, incurred in enforcing its rights under these Terms of Service.
If the customer does a charge back to their credit or debit card for any amount charged for services or accounts rendered, there is a $55.00 charge back fee for each charge back. The account associated with the charge back will be cancelled for nonpayment and sent to collections.

Software Scripts Included With Plans

Some of our web hosting plans include free scripts (software) that can be installed onto your web hosting account, either directly through the control panel, or through a scripts auto-installer.

The following applies in relation to these free scripts:

Many of the scripts, including those installed through theauto-installer uses a MySQL database. You should ensure that the web hosting plan that you purchase has enough MySQL databases to support the no. of scripts that you wish to install on your plan. You can find the no. of MySQL databases available on each plan listed in the features table.

The majority of the scripts supplied are open source and are supplied as a service by us as is and without warranties of any kind. We do not provide support for any of these scripts. Support can usually be obtained through forums from the official web sites of these scripts. Some of the scripts vendors may also provide additional support or enhancments to the supplied scripts for a fee. We will not be liable for any of these fees if you decide to purchase additional support or enhancements for your scripts.

The scripts listed on our web site were available at the time the web pages were developed, however are subject to change. Script versions may be updated, and some of the scripts listed may be discontinued or replaced by other scripts.

Privacy and Information Security Policy

We request and use information provided by the customer on order forms to process the initial order and subsequent billings for services we provide.

Your information will not be sold, rented, leased, or given to third parties except in the event that a specific service, product line, or the company as a whole is bought by a third party. You will be given notification of any such actions.

From time to time, you may receive communication from us regarding important notices, specials we're running, or to request your feedback.